European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday. September 19,1988 Faa orders All Boeing 727s checked Washington a Hie Federal aviation administration ordered airline Friday to Check Takeoff warning alarms on All Boeing 727 jetliners because of questions raised by a Delta air lines trash last month in Texas. Faa officials said the directive to the airlines for a one Lime Check of he Esti mated 1,200jetliners being operated in the United states was purely Pecau  they insisted there is no Evi Dence at this Point to indicate that an alarm that warns of a false Flap setting malfunctioned in the Delta plane investigators have uncovered conflict ing evidence As to whether the flaps were positioned property. Boeing spokeswoman Liz Reese said Friday in Seattle that lie company was unaware of the Faa order but she added that the order ii not an unusual action. A Federal investigation has yet to de Termine what caused the aug. 31 crash at the Dallas fort Worth Airport which killed 14 of the 108 people aboard the plane bound for Salt Lake City. But National transportation safety Board investigators have said that among the questions being examined is whether the flight Crew extended the Hap setting As required. An alarm in the Boe ing 727 should have sounded in the cock pit if the flaps were not extended for Takeoff As required but no such alarm could be heard on the cockpit voice re Carder  aircraft s Wing flaps help the plane gain lift and should have been extended 15 degrees when us Delta Jet took off. The lever that controls the haps in the Delta Jet was found in a retracted Posi lion and the flaps on the wine also were found retracted. However the co Pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder tape saying that the flaps bad been set at the is degree position. Sources close to the investigation said nothing has been developed yet to explain the conflicting evidence. Among the theories being examined is that the Flap setting might have been called out but not set properly. Another theory is that a Crew member might have extended the flaps properly prior to take off but at the last second retracted them in a desperate attempt to reduce drag and keep the plane aloft. Anthony Broderic the Faa s associate administrator for regulation and certification said the directive to Check the alarms on the Boeing 727s was pre cautionary and not anything other than our own Effort to gather data. It should t be read that we have an indication thai the flaps were involved in the Delta Accident he said. Broderick said the action was taken because there have been a lot of questions asked in connection with the crash and the positioning of the flaps during the Takeoff. The Nosb announced thursday that an inspection of the three engines of the Boeing 727 found no mechanical failure that could be blamed for the Accident study finds doctors gum up smokers attempts to quit Chicago a nicotine gum can help smokers quit but Many doctors give patients wrong instructions for its use researchers say. There is a widespread need for physician Educa Tion about How to use nicotine gum More effectively said one of five studies on smoking in Friday s journal of the american medical association. Nearly 40 percent of the internists surveyed for the study said they would prescribe nicotine gum to help patients Cut Down on smoking violating a key guideline for use of the gum. The first instruction on the gum package says starting now you must give up smoking completely. Gradually cutting Down on your tobacco con sumption will not  the study based on a random Survey of 208internists in the san Francisco Bay area found thai doctors misconceptions about the gum hurts efforts by smokers to quit. Misuse of the gum is most detrimental because the patients get discouraged and Don t think it works and then Aren t Able to quit smoking Saidur. Steven r. Cut mings an assistant medical pro Fessor at the University of California in san fran Cisco. Cumming conducted the study with col leagues Al the University of California medical school in san Francisco. Incorrect advice from doctors also poses Poten tial health risks the study concluded. Smoking while chewing the gum May produce higher serum concentrations of nicotine than smok ing alone and this might increase the risk of Nic Otic related Adverse effects the report said while swallowing juices from the gum could increase the Hance of gastrointestinal Side  most internists prescribe nicotine gum to fewer than 25 percent of patients who iry to quit smoking the study found. But the gum a prescription drug marketed under the Trade name in Corille by Lakeside pharmaceuticals of Cincinnati can be an effective tool for some people trying to quit smoking particularly heavy smokers three other studies in he journal concluded. One study found however that of 538 Palien Given nicotine gum to help them quit smoking 34, or 6.8 percent were still chewing in after a year. Those Long term gum chewers generally heavy smokers also represented one Quarter of the patients who quit smoking for a year said the report by researchers at the University of London. A researcher in another study said the gum should t be viewed As a Panacea. I Don t think physicians ought to Supply it just Willy Nilly said or. Stephen p. Fortmann an assistant professor at the Stanford University school of Medicine. He led a study that found the drug effective an thai discovered a Ciarac majority of smokers Irv ing to quit want self administered minimal Contact treatment. A fifth study suggested that nicotine gum might help smokers who consume More than 25 cigarettes daily overcome withdrawal symptoms caused by their physical addiction. The manufacturer estimates 2 million people have quit smoking using nicotine gum since it introduced in 1965. Bill Donaldson a spokesman for Lakeside a division of Merrell Dow pharmaceuticals inc., said the company had no reports of patients becoming addicted to nicotine from the gum. Lawyer plans to seek genetic test for girl with contested parentage St. Petersburg Fla. A a genetic lest will be sough to determine if a 9 i year old Florida girl is the daughter of a Pennsylvania couple who filed suit claiming a baby switch conspiracy in 1978. Marvin Ellin a Baltimore malpractice lawyer said he will first ask the girl s father to allow his daughter to be tested but he will ask a court to order the test if it refuses the Baltimore Sun reported saturday. The girl s father said he would not allow her to be tested and said they had the wrong child. The lest would compare inherited factors in the girl s blood with the blood chemistry of Ernest and Regina Twigg of Lang Home a. The Twiggs Are the plaintiffs in a si00 million suit alleging that three doctors and a nurse Al Harsce memorial Hospital in Wauchula Fla., switched their healthy baby girl with a child suffering from a congenital heart defect. The Small Hospital also was named As a defendant in the Federal suit. Mrs. Twigg said Friday she will seek custody of the girl if she turns out to be her daughter and if she is not Happy and Safe. The girl whose Mother died of cancer seven years ago now lives with her father Arlena the child mrs. Twigg brought Home from the Hospital 10 years ago died aug. 23 at the Deborah heart and lung Center in Browns Mills n j. The Twiggs say they discovered that Ariena s Type b blood made in unlikely she was their daughter since they have Type o blood. Sophisticated protein match ing tests at the Johns Hopkins immunogenetics Laboratory in Baltimore also concluded thai the child was unrelated to the  third test known As genetic fingerprinting is to begin next  Twiggs who have seven surviving children moved from Central Florida two years ago. Using Public records the St. Petersburg times said Friday it hid located a Blond Blue eyed girl the Only other White girl reported bom at Harsce memorial at the Lime Regina Twigg gave birth in a Southwest Flor Ida City. To pursue tie in real child Fay daughter is not Timeir child she will never be their  stateside cocaine was found near to executive s Corpse Pasadena Calif. A cocaine and paraphernalia used to sniff the drug were found near the Corpse of an Abc executive leading detectives to suspect the drug contributed to his death police say. Jay Michelis so was found dead sept 10 in his bedroom by a servant. Nearby was a Mirror covered with White powder and a $1 Bill rolled up in the Man Ner commonly used to snort cocaine police it. Greg Henderson said. A packet of the drug also was found in a wooden Box in the room he  preliminary Coroner s report attributed the death id heart attack said Coroner s spokeswoman fat Smith adding that test results would t be available for at least a  reason for the decision is that he had bad coronary artery disease with a fresh blood clot Smith said. This is what killed  30-year Abc Veteran was West coast vice president for corporate and Media relations. 10 Miles of Flo. Beaches strewn with hypodermic Marine land Fin. A two thousand unused hypodermic Needles have been found along a 10-mile stretch of Beach in Northern Florida in the latest Case of medical debris washing upon the state s Shoreline for the last two months items such As specimen tubes drug vials and Microscope slides have turned up on beaches Between Pompano Beach and fort Lauder Dale in Southern Florida and in the Panhandle area. The Needles still in their plastic cases were discovered on beaches around Man Neland 20 Miles South of St. Augustine. Vandals try to dig to grave of revolutionary War vet Clarksville ind. A vandals tried to uncover the grave of a revolutionary War Veteran Buldin t dig deep enough officials said. Seven gravestones were overturned and vandals tried to dig into the grave of Isaac Mcbride who received a Federal land Grant near Hon Yville for his service in the american revolution. Mcbride died in 1830. Clark county police it. Dan Crump sold the vandals probably were after War mementos that sometimes were buried with veterans. Death of boy who was hit by Friend ruled accidental Eugene Ore a the death of a it year old boy who was trading punches with a Friend has been declared an Accident authorities said. An investigation by the Lane county medical examiner s office determined thai Joseph a. Right of Creswell died from an injury after he was struck in the upper Abdo men by a teen age Friend. Police Are not releasing the name of the Friendl cause he lift Jii Vernile. Police said the boys were trading punches in Friendly manner aug. 9 when Kight collapsed a blow May have struck nerves and caused a lethal arrhythmia of the heart said medical examiner or. Samuel Vickers. He said it is also possible a blow was struck during a critical time of the heart s rhythmic Cycle. Lab samples uncovered no evidence of drugs in the boy s system and be had no other injuries Voici Assaid